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Geo. w. Earhart, Captain of Police.
Baltimore, Md, said ~ have used
Salvation Oil and found it most ex-
cellent remedy. 1t has my hearty re-
commendation.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-23

In Bill Nye's opinion a man is q fool
who will sit up nights and lose his rest
in order to rob trains when he can 90 to
Congress and get in his little work on
the surplus.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-23

The only cough mixture before the
people that contains no opiates or mar
cOtics is Red Star Cough Cure. Price.
twenty-five cents.
Smyrna times., 1887-03-23

Way outin Kansas they say there is
travelling dramatic company playing
local sketch entitled "Ten Nights in a
Drug Store"
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Furniture of all kinds.

PaTlOr and Chamber Suits. Bureaus Bedsteads
Chairs Lounges, Tables stands Mattresses. Spring
Beds and every thing in the Furniture Line guar
anteed at or less than City prices for the same
quality of goods ian If
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Give Them A Chance /!

That is to say, your lungs. Also
all your breathing machinery. Very
wonderful machinery it is. Not only
the larger alr-passages,b but the thous-
ands oil little tubes and cavities lead
ing from them.
When these are clogged and chok-
ed with matter which ought not to be
there, your lungs cannot half do their
work. And what they do, they can
not do well.
Call it cold, cough, Group, pneu
monia. catarrh, consumption or any
of the family of throat and nose and
head and lung distractions, oil are
bad. All ought to be got rid of.
There is just one sure way to get rid
of them That is to take Boschee's
German Syrup, which any druggist
will sell you at rs cents bottle.
Even if everything else has failed you,
you may depend upon this for GER
tain. LIST cow
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Don't Experiment.

You cannot sfford To waste time in
Experimenting when your lungs are in
danger. Consumption always seems vt
first, only cold. Do not permit any
dealer 60 impose upon you with some
cheap imitation OF DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. Coughs
and Colds, but be sure you get the gen.
uine. Because he can make moro pro-
tit he may tell you he has something
just as good, or just the same. Don't
be deceived, but insist upon getting DR..
Kings New Discovery. which is guar
anteed To give relief in all Throat, Lung
and Chest affections. Trial bottles free
at L. Z. Williams, Jr., u. Bros. Drug
Store. Large Bottles 81.
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Coffee acts upon the brain as
stimulant, melting it to increased ac-
tivity and producing sleeplessness /;
hence it is of great value as an anti
dote to narcotic poisons. 1t is also
supposed to prevent too rapid waste
in the tissues of the body, and in that
way enables it to support life on less
food. The effects are due to the
volatial oil and also to peculiar
crystallizable heterogeneous principle,
termed caffeine. The leaves of the
plant likewise contain the same prin-
ciple, and the inhabitants of the
island of Sumatra prefer an infusion
OF the leaves to that of the berries.
It's essential qualities are also great
ly changed, the heat causing the de-
velopmsnt Of the volatial oil and PEI
culiar acid which gives aroma and
flavor.
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Brother GARDENERS Lectures.
NE TALKS TO THE LIME KILN CLUB
ABOUT CHARITY.

ABOUT CHARITY.
IL war axed las night how dis
club stood on the queshun of chari-
ty.n said Brother Gardner as the
meeting opened in due form and the
thermometer marked 1870 degrees in
Elder Toots' corner "De club
stands jist whar' it has allus stood.
Muffin has occurred to change our
minds.
"When q poo man meets wild ac-
cident or sickness dis club has sun
thin' to help him along.
"When de wife of poo man am
left widder, dis club am bound to
help her.
"When a man who has lost limb
appeals to me for bread | shan't re-
fuse him--not onless his breaf smells
ofliquor.
"Our charity goes dat fur an no
furdsr. We have no use fur de
tramp. Every piece of bread hand
ed out to him ar simply premium
on laxiness. He tramps bekase he
doan' want to work. He ar .
human sponge. Instead Of lookin'
fur work he ar lookin' to escape
work.
"Ebery nickle handed out to beg
gar, large or small, is an incourags-
ment to avoid honest work. Ebery
penny encourages vice an Incidence
I've hev' gone to an expense of
tens of thousands Of dollars fur
county house, but yet we mus raise
tens OF thousands Of dollars cherry
var for poo fund to take keer of
de people who am too high toned to
go out dar, but low toned huff to
walk boldly into de poo'master's Of
flee. Ebery dollar We raise is q
premium on Incidence, poverty and
vice. SO long as charity will pull
200 or 800 families through six
months Of de var, de husbands ar
not gwine to break dar backs lookin'
fur work, and dc wives ar'not gwine
to worry about to-morrer.
"Dsr' am mo- downright fraud an
swindlin' bein' practiced frewout de
world to-day in de name of charity
dan under all odder DISCUSSES, an it
ar high time dat people OBJ sense
put DER foot down. Lets now at
tack de reQ'la order of bizness. -
Detroit Free Press.
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SUMPTIVES.

Undersigned having been re-
e health by simple means, after
it.f tor several years with severe
in- .tion, and that dread disease
,iui,h,s .yGion, is anxious to make
knoW. 10 his fellow sufferers the means
Ii cure. 70 those who desire it, he will
cGeerIuIiy send free of charge) q copy
II the prescription used, which they
win find q sure cure for CONSUMPTION,
Asthma, Catarrh, Bronchitis and
al throat and lung Maladies. He
hopes all sufferers will try his Remedy,
rs it is invaluable. Those desiring tho
prescription, which will cost them noth-
ing and may prove a blessing, will
please address, REV. EDWARD A. Will
SON, williamsburg, Kings County,
New York.
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Mexican War Veteran.

The wonderful efficacy OF swift's Specific as a
remedy and cure for rheumatism and all blood dis
cases. has never had conspicuous illustration
than this case affords. The candid unsolicited and
emphatic testimony given by the venerable gentle
man must be accepted convincing and conclusive.
The writer Is prominent citizen of Mississippi. Tho
gentleman to whom Mr.. Martin refers, and to whom
he Is indebted for the advice to which he owes his
final relief from years of suffering, Is Mr. King. for
House, at Jackson.
JACKSON. Miss, April 20, 1887.
THE SWIFT Specific comrAsT, Atlanta. Ca:
GemfIenen-I have been nu invalid rensouer for
forty years, having contracted pulmonary and other
diseases In the Mexican War; but not I'LL the Ist OF
March, 1875. did feel any symptoms OF rheumatism.
On that day was suddenly stricken with that dis
case in both hips and nnkles. For twenty days
walked on crutchcs. Thea tho pain less violent,
but It shifted from Joint to joint For weeks would
the other. The, pain never ielt me a moment for
eleven years and seven mouths that Il from March 1,
when was cured During these eleven years Of In
tense tense saerng red aa ,
gss.snd by friends b., 4 eyer received the lea
ternaiiy am not aw1pc 81 & Fiaiiy about Il
first OF September, made arrangements 70 go TO u
hOt bprinHSoI AIkhflshht HhFiB uesphlreu Oh ever
other remedy, when Iaccieentaliy met an old
quaintance. Mr.. King, now OF the Lawrence Hous
OF this city. He had once been great sufferer fron
rheumatism, and, ns supposed, had been cura
told me that his visit TO the Hot Springs In vain
he found no relief on his return from Hot springs
for rheumatism He tried II and SIX bottles made Q
complete cure. Several years have passed snce but
he has had no return OF the disease.
Immediately returned 70 try It, In September
took four bottles and by the flst Of October was
well--as far as the rheumatism was concerned. All
pain had disappeared. and HAVE NOT FELT rw1sdE
or SINCE.
have no interest In making this statement other
than the hope that II may direct other sufferer
sure source OF relief, and IL IL has this result
well rev ardcd for my trouble. / very
spectfuy and truly your friend.
J. NJ II. MARTIN.
For sale by all druggists. Treatise on Blood and
Skin Diseases mailed free
TIE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga
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RENUECI1TION.

Faiu would I live where babbling brooks
Run in and out through quiet hooks,
In some sequestered spot,
There, where calm unbroken peace
Brings to the mind sweet surcease,
I'd for the world care naught.
Would not have the sunshine there'
And all the flowers rich and rare
That nature scatters free!
Would not the night wind, sadly sweet.
Come to me Ia my lone retreat
And sing its lullaby
Would not the thoughts that oft arise
And seem TO struggle toward the skies
There find expression free
The thoughts so great they battle speech.
Yet even in their muteness teach
Mans Immortality.
And though the world be lost TO me
'Twere better. IT'S all vanity
And trial to the soul.
We live and labor, wish and wait
For good that comes to often late,
When we have reached the goal.
All, yes, in solitude I'd pass
The few remaining days, alas,
That might call my own.
Nor let my mind in sad review
Rest on the years in pain passed through,
The years with error sown.
Thus be my lot. I'd have it so,
For any laurels here below
That we may chance to gain
Too oft are mixed with keenest thorns
That wound the head the crown adorns
And turn the JOY to pain.
The smile of fortune hides the frown
She wears when she bestows the crown
Upon the man of fate.
And it ne'er enters his vain hsad
That envy tracks with tireless tread
The footsteps Of the great.
Harrisburg, Pa. FRANK HALL.
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A Winter Night.

The Rev. John Mortimer, his tall
form clad in faded dressing gown,
sat in shabby little room, which he
used as study, with an unfinished
sermon lying on the desk before him.
It was clear that his mind was on
other things, for the pen in his hand
was idle, and his face looked pre-
occupied.
For forty years John Mortimer
had preached in the plain church on
the hill for forty-tive years he had
gone in and out before the people,
ministering to them in their sorrows
and sympathizing in their experience
Of good and ill.
When he became their minister he
was just turned thirty, strong and
vigorous. Now he was an old man.
His hair was white, his face grave,
and his path lay partly IN shadow,
for he had had his share of sorrows.
His wife, the faithful partner Of
his life, was still living; but only one
of his children were with him. A son
had left home ten years before, in
disgrace, after wasting his mothers
little fortune-only $2,O00-and in
volving his father in debt, which only
by the most painful economy had he
been able to pay out of his scanty
stipend. In fact it was less than
twelve months since it was wholly
paid up, and the minister was able to
draw the breath of free man. The
son had disappeared, no one knowing
where he went. He might be living,
but was probably dead.
The other child was Kate, older
than her brother, and without his
faults. She had been good daugh-
ter and made a good wife to Henry
Clark, dry goods merchant in
thenext village. She had three
children, and for years her hus-
band had been able to give her a
comfortable support. But a dull
time came To exc out falling trade
he rushed into speculation, and died
month after, leaving literally moth
ing. What was she to do?
"My dear child" wrote her moth.
er, "come back to your old home,
and bring the children with you.
While we have loaf, you and my
dear grandchildren shall have their
share. Don't trouble yourself about
the means of living. Let us trust
the Lord as we always have done.
He will find away of providing what
we need"
There was nothing to do but ac-
cept the invitation. Kate came with
her children, and for month the old
parsonage had been less quiet than
of yore. The voices of childhood
were heard in the old fashioned
rooms, and the minister found it
harder, in the unaccustomed din, to
to collect his thoughts and write his
sermons. But for that he would not
have cared, for his heart yearned
toward his daughters children.
There was another cause for anxiety.
He found that the small income that
had supported him and his old wife
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City Man II the Country.

The average man, city born and
raised, is only too apt to regard
somewhat contemptuously the simple
art ofthe countryman as he follows
the pillow or hews the oak into well
balanced rails, lightly imagining such
tasks Of easy requirement and on a
level with the rural intellect, and the
spectacle that he presents when he
would go and do likewise is often
laughable. There is nothing, in fact.
so calculated to shake the conf
dence OF 1.-The young man who goes
west to embark in farming or some
kindred pursuit as the finding of his
unftness for some Of. the simplest
manual tasks. He will discover that
his superior metropolitan knowledge
avails him but little and is lightly
held by those about HMM shoesa
that he IS as unsophisticated in his
new surfoundrhgs as would be the
yokel in the city. He learns that
even such despised work as currying
horse or driving a nail requires
knowledge, and the chances are that
if he is sensible his sense of tolera-
ton viii be appreciably strengthen
ed and his horizon widened before his
palms are fairly hardened and he has
grown accustomed to his new con-
ditions.-Globe- Democrat
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The arrangement proved satisfsc
tory TO all parties, and the Rev.
John Mortimer still lives, happily re-
lieved from all pecuniary anxieties,
respected and beloved by all who
know him.
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my son." said careful and OBJ
servant father, ''live an honest life
and you will preserve your self-re-
spect, though you will fail to win the
respect Of others. But if in an evil
hour you should deviate from the
path of rectitude, struggle to escape
detection until you have sailed down
enough money to purchase justice.
Don't make mistake and take too
little; justice comes high"
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Good Advice.

Mr.. II. j. Burdette, he OF the
Hawkeye, gives the following ad vice
to young man:
"My son, when you hear a man
growing and scolding because
Moody gets 5000 week for preach
ing Christianity, you will perceive
that he never worries minute be-
cause Ingersoll gets 5000 night for
preaching atheism You will Oh
serve that q man who is unutterably
shocked because Francis Murphy
gets $3.50 week for temperance
work, seems to think it is all right
when the barkeeper takes in twice as
much money in single day. The
laborer is worth his hire, my boy,
and he is just as worthy of it in pull
pit as on the stump. Is the man
who is trying to save your immortal
soul worth less than the man who is
trying his level best to go to Con-
gress? Isn't Moody doing as good
work as Ingsrsoll? Wasn't John B.
Cough as much the friend of human
ity as the bartender? Do you want
to get all the good In the world for
nothing, so that you may be able to
pay high price for the bad! Re-
member, my boy, the good things in
thessworld are always the cheapest.
Spring water costs less than corn
whiskey;a box of cigars will buy
two or three bibles gallon of old
brandy costs more than barrel of
flour; full hand at poker often
costs man more In twenty minutes
than his church subscription amounts
to in three years state election
costs more than a revival of religion;
you can sleep in church every Sun
day morning for nothing, if you're
mean enough TO dead beat your
lodging in that way, but nap in a
Pullman car costs you two dollars
every time fifty cents for circus
and penny and waist for the lit
tie ones to put in the missionary
box; one dollar for the theatre and
a pair Of old trousers frayed at the
end, baggy as to the knees and ut
terly busted as to the dome, for the
Michigan sufferers the dancing
lady who tries to wear the skirt other
dress under her arms and the waist
around her knees and kicks her slip
pers clear over the orchestra chairs
every night, gets 5000 week and
the city missionary gets 5000 a year /;
horse race scoops in $4,000 the first
day and the church fair last week,
works twenty-five or thirty Of the
best women in America nearly TO
death, and comes out $40 in debt,
why, my boy, if you ever find your
self sneering or soothing because
once in u while you hear ola preach
err getting living or even luxnri-
Gus salary, or a temperance worker
making money, go out IN the dark
and feel ashamed of yourself, and if
you don't feel above kicking mean
man, KICK yourself. Precious little
does religion and charity cost the
world, my boy, and when the money
it does is flung into. its face, like a
bone to a dog, the donor is not ben
fitted by the gift, and the receiver is
not, and certainly should not be
grateful. 1t is insulted."
- -
"My son." said careful and OBJ
servant father, ''live an honest life
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she was right.

es, hate, III you nave TeaHy
made up your mind. Mrs. Pratt
wishes 20 retire at the end of the
present term, and this will create =
vacancy"
"Then will you see about it tomor-
row, fatherY"
"Yes, my child
"How the wind blows !" said the
minister's wife, presently. 1T is
dreary night. pity those who are
exposed to it,"
Just then there was a loud knock
at the outer door.
'Ill go, mother" said Kate, rais-
ing from her work and taking the
lamp from the table.
Opening the door, she saw before
her a tall, black bearded man, whose
garments were white with falling
snow.
"May I come IN ?" he asked. "Can
you give me shelter for the night |
have walked far"
Kate hesitated; but the village
was half mile distant, and it would
be cruel to send the stranger away.
"Come in, SIR" she said. You can
sit by the fire and warm yourself, and
if my father consents, we will give
you nights lodging"
Soon the wayfarer was sitting by
the fire, evidently enjoying the new
found comfort after his rough walk.
ado you live hereabouts 7" asked
the minister, courteously.
"No, sir; l have spent several
years in Australia. / have just come
from there"
The minister and his wife looked
at each other with interest. The
latter was the first to speak.
"My son Henry went out there ten
years since-Henry Mortimer. |
suppose it is hardly likely that you
have met him."
Henry Mortimer? Yes, knew
man of that name. He was not
young man he must be near forty"
eyes," said the old lady eagerly.
Do you know if ne is still living I"
"He was when left Australia"
as he we'll ?"
eyes, he is in good health"
"And how is he prospecting :"
"He owns sheep ranch in Victo-
ria, and he has made money at the
mines. Yes, he is prosperous man."
"He has forgotten us in his pros
perity," said the old minister, sigh
ing.
"You are poor ?'' said the strang-
er, interrogatively.
81 am old, and / may lose my par
ish at any moment. My daughter
and her children are living with me.
/ have them to provide for also"
The stranger looked thougtfully
from one to the other, and there was
mist in his eyes.
II can't hold out any longer" he
said, impetuously. Father motherl
don't you know me ~
"Henry" exclaimed the old lady;
and with tears ofjoy she threw her
self upon the neck of her son.
~ have brought you sorrow faith.
er, but now l bring you joy. You
need have no fears for the future. |
have already made arrangements
with New York banker topay you,
in quarterly installments, thousand
dollars year as long as you live.
That is not all. My mothers little
property which l squandered shall
be paid over at once, principal and
interest"
II do not need it, Henry" said his
mother.
"Then give it to Kate she will
need IL fo- her children. The money
you paid out for me, father shall also
be paid"
"There is no need Of it, Henry,
| since you assure me so liberal an in
| come. But can you afford to give
- ~: -. -. ,,
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surely he was drifting into debt. Had
he been young man, or even man
of middle age, it wonld have matter
ed less. but he had passed his seven
tieth birthday. Life and death were
precious, and the prospect of contln-
ued employment not certain. He
knew that some of the younger peo-
pie were getting FESTIVE. They had
got tired ofthe white haired minister,
and desired younger man. lie
would have resigned gladly, but how
could he? To resign would leave
him without an income, and be and
his good wife could not live on air.
And it was at this unfortunate time
that his daughter and her children
came home. As he sat with anxious
brow his wife entered the study.
"You are writing your sermon,
John ?" she said inquiringly.
~ am trying to-" he said, lying
down his pen with a sigh, "but l
don't feel in the mood"
"You look sober, john" said Mrs.
Mortimer, in tone of solicitude.
II feel anxious Hannah, | am drift
ing into debt, and l don't see how it
can be avoided
"Poor Kate! She feels it too,'
said the mother in a low voice.
"Only yesterday she asked me if l
didn't think she could get a chance
to teach in one of the village
schools"
''She is not strong enough. Be-
ides, she has her children to look
fter !"
81 know it. but your salary will
not support us ALL"
THAT is not all, Hannah" said the
minister, sadly. II don't know how
long we shall have even our present
income to depend upon"
"What do you mean, husband Z"
asked Mrs. Mortimer, nervously.
II understand Sam Stokes the
blacksmith. is canvassing the parish
to see if they won't agree to call a
younger man in my place. At the
parish meeting in March, probably,
there will be an article in the var
rant to that affect"
"Sam Stokes is a bad, wicked
man - famed out the minister's wife,
angrily.
"Nay, my DEAR" said John Morti-
mer, sadly, "you are looking at tho
matter from your point of view. He
mry be right. A younger person
may do better than I. I am an old
man."
"And is it, just to turn you out to
starve, after a long life of faithful
duty ?'
at seems hard, but perhaps l
ought not to complain. / should
like to die in the harness, but God
knows best"
"Ah!" sighed Mrs. Mortimer, "if
Henry had not fallen into evil ways.
Then should have my little proper
ty, and you the $3.50 you paid on
his account, and we should be rich
enough to retire"
ayes, it would remove all anxiety,
but it is gone, and we can do no
good by indulging in vain regrets"
''I wish I knew if Henry were still
alive" said the mother in low
voice: at was cruel never to write
to u.s."
eve have never heard anything
except that he went to Australia"
"Nothing for ten long years !" and
both the old people sighed.
X
It. was a day in January. The
snow lay deep on the ground, and in
some of the fields the tops Of the
fences were barely visable, rising
about the whitened landscape. Grave
and thoughtful, the minister and his
wife sat by the fire in the sitting
room. At the table near by sat the
married adaughter, mending the